Windows Server 2025 must have the Server Message Block (SMB) v1 protocol disabled on the SMB server.
SMBv1 is a legacy protocol that uses the MD5 algorithm as part of SMB. MD5 is known to be vulnerable to a number of attacks such as collision and preimage attacks, as well as not being FIPS compliant.
How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.